Sanctuary Personnel, a progressive and committed recruitment agency, is thrilled to present an opportunity for a full-time, permanent Social Worker position within the Fostering Team, based in South London. The role offers an annual salary ranging from £40,000 to £50,000.
Benefits:
- Pension Scheme: Contributory pension to support your long-term financial security.
- Hybrid Working: A flexible working arrangement, allowing a balance between remote work and office-based duties.
- Generous Annual Leave: Adequate time off to rest and engage in personal interests.
- Continuous Professional Development: Access to training and career progression opportunities.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): Wellbeing support available to you and your family.
- Supportive Team Environment: Collaborate within a dynamic team of social care professionals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Recruit, assess, and provide comprehensive support to foster carers, ensuring compliance with national fostering standards and regulations.
- Undertake in-depth assessments of potential foster carers, providing recommendations to the fostering panel.
- Offer ongoing supervision and professional guidance to foster carers, addressing any challenges they face.
- Work in close collaboration with children's services, fostering panels, and external agencies to ensure children's needs are effectively met.
- Actively participate in care planning meetings, reviews, and relevant training sessions.
- Maintain accurate, up-to-date records in line with legal and regulatory frameworks.
Requirements for this Social Worker Role:
- A recognised degree in Social Work and current registration with Social Work England.
- Proven experience in fostering, child protection, or a related field.
- Thorough knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations.
- Strong communication, assessment, and report-writing skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team in a fast-paced environment.
Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
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